Curley's Wifes Dreams

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Chasing Dreams The book Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck Describes the adventures and struggles of two men who moved to California as migrant workers during the Great Depression. While they work there, they encounter many interesting characters, who contribute to the plot of the story. These characters cause many issues and disagreements, that affect the outcomes of others dreams. Each character has their own reasoning for being there on the ranch and their own hopes and dreams to chase. Through the use of the characters' dreams, and goals that they strive for, John Steinbeck portrays the fantasy of chasing the American dream. The fantasy of chasing the American dream is first portrayed by Curley’s Wife when she is reminiscing about her chance …show more content…

Steinbeck, including this, allows readers to see that Curley's wife once had the opportunity to be in movies and had a much better life than where she is now. Later on the page she is thinking again about what she couldve had while telling Lennie all of this she says, “An’ I coulda sat in them big hotels, an’ had pitchers taken of me” (Steinbeck 89). This quote shows what Curley's wife is dreaming of. Curley’s wifes’ “American dream” was to one day be famous and be recognized in movies, while living a plentiful and peaceful life. Sadly, she was never able to achieve these dreams because of her actions, and Lennie who accidentally took her life. Secondly, George had been chasing the American dream portrayed by his fantasy and vision of owning his own ranch one day. Near the beginning of the book while George and Lennie are sitting by the river bank George begins talking about their future and he says, “Someday–we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs'' (Steinbeck …show more content…

The dream is to eventually save up enough to quit working for other people and have his own ranch with his own animals so he can work when he feels like it and not have to worry about a thing. Later in the book George is discussing with Candy about buying a place and Candy chipping in to pay for the place, the author writes, “We’ll do it,” he said. We’ll fix up that little old place an’ we’ll go live there. He sat down again, sat down. They all sat still, all bemused by the beauty of the thing, each mind popped into the future when this lovely thing should come about (Steinbeck 60). The quote above shows how happy George becomes when he realizes that this dream he's had might actually be possible. Although his dream never gets to happen because of Lennie's shenanigans. Finally, Lennie was chasing an American dream of his own sort: to someday be able to tend the rabbits. Although some might not see it as the American dream, it was all that Lennie dreamed for. It was everything he wanted. After the men took Candys’ dog out to shoot him, George and Lennie were just talking about their future when Lennie said, “An’ rabbits, Lennie said eagerly. An’ I’d take care of ‘em” (Steinbeck

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